Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

  • “Angry Kings”

    I’ve got a novelette up at Beneath Ceaseless Skies today. This one is called “Angry Kings” and was inspired by all the fairy tale stories of kings and their daughters and how terribly those daughters are often treated. I wanted to explore the psyches of such kings without offering forgiveness for their terrible behavior; the…

  • Exploring Grief in Fairy Tales

    A few years ago, after the death of my beloved uncle, my family and I traveled to be with my aunt and her daughter. Since my uncle’s death, my aunt and her daughter had taken to spending every day and night together. Their renewed connection through shared grief struck me as one of the most…